A Father in the Making!

My beautiful wife and current pregger

There are some things people wait their whole life for. There was 3 main things that I wanted to accomplish and I thank God I have all three. I always wanted to own a house, have a beautiful wife, and children of my own that will love me unconditionally. In 2009 I got a House that I saved up for and worked hard for, even grinding 3 6 12 limit and 1 2 nl holdem cash games for the deposit. It was a nervous time but something I always wanted and worked so hard to get. Scratched that off the bucket list.

I was also dating this wonderful woman that would not move in with me unless we were married or engaged. Well the thing she didn't realize was I was going to ask her to be my wife eventually just didn't exactly know when I wanted to do it. Well I dropped the bomb on her and that's when we started looking for houses. She moved in with me, her parents completely disapproved and disowned her, we worked through the struggles and hardships and our relationship grew stronger and on March 5, 2011 we got married. Scratch number two off the list.

Now I have wonderful dogs, and a pet snake Ive been having since I was 18, but these are not kids. Even though the movie Marley and me almost brings me to tears every-time I watch it, still nothing compares to having your own child, taking care of them, seeing them smile and laugh and being able to play or cheer them on through each life accomplishment that they succeed in. We had picked out names long before we were even trying to conceive and loved taking care of our friends kids, sisters children, etc. But it was just our time to have our own. So I told her to just let it happen and enjoy our lives and when God decides it is ready we will be blessed. Days would go by, I would sing this song to myself when I got the job done, I just had sex!, and the waiting continued.

About 2 weeks ago, I am going hardcore on Call of Duty: Black Ops. getting head shots left and right, throwing grenades, blowing people up, running up behind people and back stabbing. Slowly my wife walks out of the bedroom and grabs the remote and presses 'Mute'. I look at her like, "I'm working hear!!!" In my best New York attitude. and she bats her eyes and says, "I just took a pregnancy test..." I am like...OK....and??. She finishes "It says We're Pregnant!!!" My eyes got wide and being the skeptic I am I

No this is not the actual test that would be creepy.

say....I don't believe you, show me proof hahaha. She shows me and I say....go take another one just to make sure! she does and its the same result! the next day she goes get blood work done and they confirm that she is in fact pregnant and has been for about a month or so. We were initially going to wait after the first trimester was complete as this is the stage where the most complications occur but neither of us could wait as we were built with anticipation to spread the good news!!

I was going to wait until my wife was ready to reveal the news but I provided some subtle hints just to ease my mind. Well she has officially spread the news so Just pray that everything goes smoothly for us. I can't wait to see what the little alien nugget looks like and meet him/her. I am mostly Scared, Excited, Curious, Relieved (that my baby batter is healthy LOL) but I can't wait to start a new chapter in my life.

Thanks,
Matt Stroud